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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| SI units of measurement | |
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| The basic units | |
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| Derived units | |
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| Metric prefixes | |
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| Light and television | |
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| A little bit of history | |
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| Light basics and the human eye | |
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| Light units | |
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| Measuring object illumination in CCTV | |
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| Light onto an imaging device | |
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| Colors in television | |
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| Color temperatures and light sources | |
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| Eye persistence | |
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| Optics in CCTV | |
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| Refraction | |
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| Lenses as optical elements | |
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| Geometrical construction of images | |
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| Aspherical lenses | |
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| CTF and MTF | |
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| F and T numbers | |
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| Depth of field | |
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| Neutral density (ND) filters | |
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| Manual, auto, and motorized iris lenses | |
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| Video- and DC-driven auto iris lenses | |
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| Auto Iris lens electronics | |
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| Image and lens formats in CCTV | |
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| Angles of view and how to determine them | |
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| Fixed focal length lenses | |
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| Zoom lenses | |
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| C- and CS-mount and back-focus | |
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| Back-focus adjustment | |
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| Optical accessories in CCTV | |
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| General characteristics of television systems | |
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| A little bit of history | |
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| The very basics of television | |
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| The video signal and its spectrum | |
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| Color video signal | |
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| Resolution | |
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| Instruments commonly used in TV | |
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| Oscilloscope | |
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| Spectrum analyzer | |
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| Vectorscope | |
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| Television systems around the world | |
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| HDTV | |
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| CCTV cameras | |
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| General information about cameras | |
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| Tube cameras | |
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| CCD cameras | |
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| Sensitivity and resolution of the CCD chips | |
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| Types of charge transfer in CCDs | |
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| Pulses used in CCD for transferring charges | |
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| CCD chip as a sampler | |
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| Correlated double sampling (CDS) | |
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| Camera specifications and their meanings | |
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| Sensitivity | |
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| Minimum illumination | |
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| Camera resolution | |
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| Signal/noise ratio (S/N) | |
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| Dynamic range of a CCD chip | |
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| Color CCD cameras | |
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| White balance | |
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| CMOS technology | |
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| Special low-light intensified cameras | |
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| Camera power supplies and copper conductors | |
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| V-phase adjustment | |
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| Camera checklist | |
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| CCTV monitors | |
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| General about monitors | |
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| Monitor sizes | |
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| Monitor adjustments | |
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| Impedance switch | |
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| Viewing conditions | |
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| Gamma | |
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| LCD monitors | |
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| Projectors and projection monitors | |
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| Plasma display monitors | |
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| Field emission technology displays | |
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| Video processing equipment | |
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| Analog switching equipment | |
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| Video sequential switchers | |
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| Synchronization | |
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| Video matrix switchers (VMSs) | |
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| Switching and processing equipment | |
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| Quad compressors | |
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| Multiplexers (MUX) | |
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| Recording time delays | |
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| Simplex and duplex multiplexers | |
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| Video motion detectors (VMDs) | |
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| Framestores | |
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| Video printers | |
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| Analog video recorders | |
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| A little bit of history and the basic concept | |
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| The early VCR concepts | |
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| The video home system (VHS) concept | |
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| Super VHS, Y/C, and comb filtering | |
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| Consumer VCRs for CCTV purposes | |
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| Time-lapse VCRs (TL VCRs) | |
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| Digital video | |
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| Why digital video? | |
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| Digital video recorders (DVRs) | |
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| The various standards | |
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| ITU-601: Merging the NTSC and PAL | |
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| The resolution of ITU-601 digitized video | |
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| The need for compression | |
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| Types of compressions | |
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| DCT as a basis | |
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| The variety of compression standards in CCTV | |
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| JPEG | |
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| M-JPEG | |
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| M-JPEG | |
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| Wavelet | |
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| Motion JPEG 2000 | |
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| MPEG-1 | |
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| MPEG-2 | |
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| MPEG-4 | |
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| MPEG-7 | |
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| MPEG-21 | |
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| H.320 | |
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| H.261 | |
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| H.263 | |
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| H.264 | |
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| About pixels and resolution | |
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| Dots per inch (DPI) | |
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| Psychophysiology of viewing details | |
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| Recognizing faces and license plates in CCTV | |
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| Operating systems and hard disks | |
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| Hard disk drives | |
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| The different file systems | |
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| FAT (File Allocation Table) | |
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| FAT 32 (File Allocation Table 32) | |
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| NTFS (New Technology File System) | |
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| Ext2 | |
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| Ext3 | |
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| ReiserFS | |
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| HFS and HFS+ | |
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| XFS | |
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| UFS | |
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| ATA, SCSI, RAID, and SATA | |
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| MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) | |
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| Transmission media | |
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| Coaxial cables | |
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| The concept | |
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| Noise and electromagnetic interference | |
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| Characteristic impedance | |
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| BNC connectors | |
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| Coaxial cables and proper BNC termination | |
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| Installation techniques | |
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| Time domain reflectometer (TDR) | |
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| Twisted pair video transmission | |
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| Microwave links | |
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| RF wireless (open air) video transmission | |
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| Infrared wireless (open air) video transmission | |
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| Transmission of images over telephone lines | |
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| PSTN | |
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| ISDN | |
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| Cellular network | |
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| Fiber optics | |
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| Why fiber? | |
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| The concept | |
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| Types of optical fibers | |
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| Numerical aperture | |
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| Light levels in fiber optics | |
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| Light sources in fiber optics transmission | |
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| Light detectors in fiber optics | |
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| Frequencies in fiber optics transmission | |
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| Passive components | |
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| Fusion splicing | |
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| Mechanical splicing | |
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| Fiber optics multiplexers | |
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| Fiber optics cables | |
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| Installation techniques | |
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| Fiber optic link analysis | |
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| OTDR | |
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| Networking in CCTV | |
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| The Information Technology era | |
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| Computers and networks | |
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| LAN and WAN | |
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| Ethernet | |
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| The main Ethernet categories | |
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| 10 Mb/s Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) | |
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| Fast Ethernet (IEEE 802.3U) | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3Z) | |
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| Gigabit Ethernet over Copper (IEEE 802.3AB) | |
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| 10 Gigabit Ethernet | |
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| Wireless Ethernet (IEEE 802.11) | |
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| Data speed and types of network cabling | |
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| Ethernet over coax and UTP cables | |
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| Patch and crossover cables | |
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| Fiber optics network cabling | |
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| Network concepts and components | |
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| Networking software | |
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| The Internet protocols | |
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| The OSI seven-layer model of networking | |
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| The Physical layer | |
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| The Data Link layer | |
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| The Network layer | |
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| The Transport layer | |
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| The Session layer | |
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| The Presentation layer | |
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| The Application layer | |
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| IP addresses | |
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| IPv4 addressing notation | |
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| IP address classes | |
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| Class A, B, and C | |
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| Private addresses | |
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| IP address Class C | |
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| IP loopback address | |
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| Zero addresses | |
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| IP address Class D and Multicast | |
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| IP address Class E and limited broadcast | |
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| IP network partitioning | |
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| Virtual private networking (VPN) | |
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| Subnetting | |
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| IPv6 Address Types | |
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| Reserved addresses in IPv6 | |
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| Domain Name Systems (DNS) | |
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| DHCP | |
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| DNS and DHCP | |
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| Networking hardware | |
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| Hubs, bridges, and switches | |
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| Routers for logical segmentation | |
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| Network ports | |
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| A network analogy example | |
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| Wireless LAN | |
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| What is 802.11? | |
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| 802.11 (legacy) | |
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| 802.11b | |
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| 802.11a | |
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| 802.11g | |
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| 802.11n | |
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| Certification and security | |
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| What about Bluetooth? | |
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| Putting a network system together | |
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| The IP check commands | |
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| Auxiliary equipment in CCTV | |
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| Pan and tilt heads | |
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| Pan and tilt domes | |
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| Preset positioning P/T heads | |
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| PTZ site drivers | |
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| Camera housings | |
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| Lighting in CCTV | |
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| Infrared lights | |
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| Ground loop correctors | |
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| Lightning protection | |
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| In-line video amplifiers/equalizers | |
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| Video distribution amplifiers (VDAs) | |
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| CCTV system design | |
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| Understanding the customer's requirements | |
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| Site inspections | |
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| Designing and quoting a CCTV system | |
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| Installation considerations | |
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| Drawings | |
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| Commissioning | |
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| Training and manuals | |
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| Handing over | |
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| Preventative maintenance | |
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| Video testing | |
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| The CCTV Labs test chart | |
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| Before you start testing | |
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| Use high-quality lens | |
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| Use high-quality monitor | |
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| Setup procedure | |
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| What you can test | |
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| Resolution | |
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| Other important measurements | |
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| Getting the best possible picture | |
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| Measurement of the digital image compression quality | |
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| The CCTV Labs test pattern generator TPG-8 | |
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| How you could use the TPG-8 | |
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| TPG-8 buttons description | |
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| Connections | |
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| The TPG-8 Navigator software | |
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| Instruments used with the TPG-8 | |
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| Test patterns and how to create them | |
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| Specifications | |
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| Common terms used in CCTV | |
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| Bibliography and acknowledgments | |
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| All the CCTV links in the world | |
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| Book co-sponsors | |
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| About the author | |
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| Index | |